thegame3384

I think Gleeman was being unduly critical of the Twins. Pretty much every division has 1 or 2 above-average to good teams and the rest suck. I mean obviously if we put the Twins in the AL East they would've been less successful, but I think thats true of just about any other division winner considering the AL East is much better than any other division. Plus the point of the Twins winning 85-88 games was misleading, since every title besides 2009 they won at least 90, and 2009 was clearly the weakest team. Either way besides the AL East no other division requires you to consistently win 95+ games to win the division. The NL Central has been just as weak if not weaker than the AL Central. NL West same deal. In 2006 the Cardinals won the division with 83 wins, and ended up winning the World Series. Last year they snuck into the Wild Card with 90 wins and won the World Series. But I doubt anyone is out there talking about how their weak division enabled them to get into the playoffs. Besides the AL East, if you are in the 88-94 win range, most of the time you're in contention to win your division.

you should make sure Aaron knows that Pavano had a higher WAR than Baker last year.